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General Motors Co. will invest $2.5 billion and save or retain about 6,400 jobs in the U.S. under the proposed four-year contract covering its United Auto Workers employees.

GM said it will bring production back from Mexico in addition to reopening the former Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., to make two midsize cars.

Other plants to benefit include the Warren transmission plant; Wentzville, Mo.; Saginaw; and Ford Wayne, Ind., which will build a next-generation truck.


Wentzville gets an additional shift to make midsize pickups.

A new compact car will be built at a site still to be determined.

Work that would have been done in Mexico will remain in Saginaw.


Another 630 jobs in Romulus and another engine plant will do work repatriated from Mexico. Romulus gets a new engine program, Warren Powertrain gets new work, and Saginaw casting receives additional investment.

The Shreveport, La., plant is still scheduled to close, but the Janesville plant remains on standby.

11,400 jobs have been recovered over the last two years, and there will be 6,500 more over the next two years.